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Book Giveaway – Kelley Nikondeha – The First Advent in Palestine [5 winners]

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We’re excited to run this giveaway of FIVE copies of this great new book:

The First Advent in Palestine: Reversals, Resistance and the Ongoing Complexity of Hope
by Kelley Nikondeha

Hardback: Broadleaf Books, 2022


Book Description:

When we picture the first Advent, we see Mary and Joseph huddled by a manger. We picture Gabriel, magi, and shepherds tending their flocks. A shining star against a midnight sky. But this harmonized version has lifted the Advent story out of its context–those who experienced the first Advent had to travel through great darkness to reach the hope that shining star announced. Trusted scholar and community organizer Kelley Nikondeha takes us back, to where the landscape of Palestine is once again the geographic, socioeconomic, and political backdrop for the Advent story.

Reading the Advent narratives of Luke and Matthew anew, in their original context, changes so much about how we see the true story of resistance, abusive rulers and systems of oppression, and God coming to earth. In Luke, Rome and Caesar loom, and young Mary’s strength and resolve shine brightly as we begin to truly understand what it meant for her to live in the tumultuous Galilee region. In Matthew, through Joseph’s point of view, we see the brutality of Herod’s rule and how the complexities of empire weighed heavily on the Holy Family. We bear witness to the economic hardship of Nazareth, Bethlehem, and the many villages in between–concerns about daily bread, crushing debt, land loss, and dispossession that ring a familiar echo to our modern ears. Throughout her explorations, Nikondeha features the stories of modern-day Palestinians, centering their voices to help us meet an Advent recognizable for today. This thought-provoking examination invites us into a season of discovery, one that is realistic and honest, and that still wonders at the goodness of God’s grace.

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We will draw the winner at random after the book giveaway ends, and will notify them promptly.


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Katie Selby

Katie Selby is Associate Editor of The Englewood Review of Books. Prior to her family‘s recent transition to the Englewood Christian Church community, Katie served various churches and organizations in Nebraska, East Tennessee, India, and Ethiopia. She is an M.Div. graduate of Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan University.

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14 Comments

  2. Lynne Abraham-Yadlin
    November 3, 2022 at 8:33 am

    I am subscribed to your news and tweeted this entry at my Twitter handle, layadlin. Not sure how to link the tweet to this comment… thanks!!

  6. Andrew Camp
    November 3, 2022 at 12:18 pm

    I am a subscriber and I posted: https://www.facebook.com/andrew.camp.9

  11. Wes Becker
    November 5, 2022 at 3:31 am

    This looks like an awesome book! I am subscribed to your digest and I just posted here:. https://twitter.com/WesInROC/status/1588795559611359232?t=43MG1yo1YHiaL_ZOrNHH-A&s=19

  12. Englewood Review of Books
    November 7, 2022 at 11:24 am

    Manually submitting an entry for Maura Crowley.
    Good luck, Maura!

  13. Elizabeth Beyer
    November 7, 2022 at 6:46 pm

    I have been a subscriber for quite a while and love getting the newsletters. I posted about the book here: https://twitter.com/ElizabethBeyer3/status/1589750583400968193